Sunday, January 24, 2016

Currency today : Venezuela 03

In my first post, I mentionned already the different signatures on the Venezolan banknotes.
In this post, I like to go in a bit deeper to this topic.

There are 10 printing dates on the banknotes issued between 2007 and 2015.

The signatures are from the President of the Banco Central de Venezuela and the First Vice President of the Central Bank.

The Presidents of the Central Bank of Venezuela who have their signatures on the latest notes, are :
Gastón Parra Luzardo 2005 2009
Nelson Merentes Díaz 2009 2013
Edmée Betancourt 2013
Eudomar Tovar 2013 2014
Nelson Merentes Díaz 2014 In office
Nelson Merentez Díaz
Regarding the signatures, 6 combinations can be found:
Combination A : 2007 (I and II)
Combination B : 2008 (III)
Combination C : 2009 (IV)
Combination D : 2011 (V), 2012 (VI and VII) and 2014 (IX)
Combination E : 2013 (VIII)
Combination F : 2015 (X)

Comb A : Gastón Parra Luzardo and José Ferrer Navas
Comb B : José Ferrer Navas and Bernardo Ferrán
Comb C : Nelson José Merentes Díaz and José Ferrer Navas
Comb D : Nelson José Merentes Díaz and Eudomar Tovar
Comb E : Eudomar Tovar and José Khan
Comb F : Nelson José Merentes Díaz and José Khan
Next to the signatures above, also the printing dates are mentionned on the notes.

Examples of date 20 March 2007 (I)
20 bolivar - series I
 Examples of date 24 May 2007 (II)
5 bolivar - series II
100 bolivar - series II
Examples of date 19 December 2008 (III)
5 bollivar - series III
20 bolivar - series III
100 bolivar - series III
 Examples of date 3 September 2009 (IV)
5 bolivar - series IV
10 bolivar - series IV
20 bolivar - series IV
100 bolivar - series IV
 Examples of date 3 February 2011 (V)
5 bolivar - series V
10 bolivar - series V
20 bolivar - series V
50 bolivar - series V
100 bolivar - series V
 Examples of date 31 January 2012 (VI)
2 bolivar - series VI
50 bolivar - series VI
100 bolivar - series VI
Examples of date 27 December 2012 (VII)
2 bolivar - series VII
50 bolivar - series VII
100 bolivar - series VII
 Examples of date 29 October 2013 (VIII)
5 bolivar - series VIII
10 bolivar - series VIII
20 bolivar - series VIII
50 bolivar - series VIII
100 bolivar - series VIII
 Examples of date 19 August 2014 (IX)
10 bolivar - series IX
20 bolivar - series IX
50 bolivar - series IX
100 bolivar - series IX
 Examples of date 23 june 2015 (X)
50 bolivar - series X
100 bolivar - series X
So far most of the notes in circulation. Some are still missing, such as most of the first series (March 2007).
The older notes are probably taken out of circulation already, so they are harder to find in a decent condition. Especially because of the enormous amount of notes in circulation already.

to be continued ...

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